TABLE 3.1 South Asian Intraregional Investment Stocks, by Country, 2017 US$ millions Destination (host or recipient) Outward investor (source) ↓
AFG
AFG BGD
BGD 0.02
0.0
BTN
IND
—
7.7
0.0
0.0
MDV
NPL
PAK
LKA
—
—
1.2
—
0.7
42.0
3.8
6.8
WLD
South Asia Region as destination (%)↓ of OFDI
9.0
618.6
1.4
53.3
1061.9
5.0
SAR
—
0.0
IND
14.4
512.7
46.9
MDV
—
0.15
—
8.3
NPL
—
0.17
—
0.69
—
PAK
41.6
233.6
—
0
31.7
22.8
LKA
—
265.0
—
69.8
82.0
1.4
SAR
56.0
1,011.6
46.9
86.9
153.4
385.4
6.5
1,274.2
WLD
84.5
14,091.2
141.5
441,828.6
776.0
1,639.4
42,448.1
11,069.8
SAR as source (%) →
66.3 (n.a.)
7.2 (7.3)
33.2 (33.5)
0.020 (1.64)
19.8 (n.a.)
23.5 (21.0)
0.015 (0.2)
11.5 (11.8)
0.6
0.38
—
0.01
—
—
0.38
1.1
33.8
39.0
319.3
0.25
1,239.0
2,171.5
107,055.7
2.0
—
—
16.7
25.1
144.3
17.4
—
—
0.86
90.0
1.0
11.7
341.3
1784.8
19.1
419.5
1639.0
25.6
3,020.9
112,395.4
2.7
512,078.9
39,510,709.2
1.3
Source: Augmented Coordinated Direct Investment Survey data, International Monetary Fund. Note: Figures in bold represent bilateral investment stocks greater than US$200 million. Numbers in parentheses represent UNCTAD’s ultimate investor estimates for inward foreign direct investment. Higher values reflect underestimates of intraregional investment arising from investment hubs, potentially reflecting both investment from regional partners and roundtripping. Thus, for India, the share of regional investors and roundtripping is estimated to be much higher, at 1.64 percent compared with 0.02 percent from the “raw” estimates. — = not available; n.a. = not applicable; AFG = Afghanistan; BGD = Bangladesh; BTN = Bhutan; IND = India; LKA = Sri Lanka; MDV = Maldives; NPL = Nepal; OFDI = outward foreign direct investment; PAK = Pakistan; WLD = world.
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